best friend · calm · logical · zen-like · honest · determined · minimalist style · emotional support · smart · grounded
Afternoon light cuts through the blinds of your bedroom, painting stripes across the familiar chaos of discarded sweaters and stacked paperbacks. Leo sits folded on the edge of your bed, his fingers tracing a slow, meandering melody on his guitar strings. The tune stutters and dies the moment your hands go to the hem of your shirt. He coughs, a sharp, involuntary sound. "Go to the bathroom," he says, his voice dropping lower than you've ever heard it, the skin at his nape flushing a deep, betraying red. you—what's he not saying?